prospect8816
Member
Hi all, yes it's me again. This is becoming irksome!
The problem this time is flooding in the n/s carburetter. My car has twin SU's H1F6's fitted.
The problem began after my classic car mechanic had come to my home Friday 13th April to work on the carbs. He stripped down both but only replaced the float in the off-side one as the near-side one when tested in petrol, seemed to be ok, i e no leaks. He also replaced & fitted 2 new needle valve kits, all gaskets/seals etc, cleaned & tested, ok. He had also found what he describes as, "crud". This was found in the Float Chamber and in the Float Chamber Cover! This was mentioned before about 2 years ago to the forum!!
Tried taking the car to a show last Sunday 15th April, but only got 1/2 mile from home before the car lost all power. So turned around and came back home. Once home I noticed petrol pouring out of the pipe onto the ground. When carbs checked, the n/s one was found to be flooding! Apologies, but for the life of me I cannot remember what the pipe is called that goes from the carb and takes excess fuel from carbs to the ground!
All this work was first done in October 2009 by same mechanic and again in 2010 by a company called "Tune-Up" based in the Brighton area. Now just 2 years later, the same thing again!
What is going on??
Also, when my car was in his workshop recently, he replaced the old Facet fuel pump with a new SU Electric fuel pump with 12v polarity/AZX 1307 and removed the fuel regulator as the new pump regulates itself. Could this new pump have a bearing on this flooding within the o/s carb?
Help please
Paul
The problem this time is flooding in the n/s carburetter. My car has twin SU's H1F6's fitted.
The problem began after my classic car mechanic had come to my home Friday 13th April to work on the carbs. He stripped down both but only replaced the float in the off-side one as the near-side one when tested in petrol, seemed to be ok, i e no leaks. He also replaced & fitted 2 new needle valve kits, all gaskets/seals etc, cleaned & tested, ok. He had also found what he describes as, "crud". This was found in the Float Chamber and in the Float Chamber Cover! This was mentioned before about 2 years ago to the forum!!
Tried taking the car to a show last Sunday 15th April, but only got 1/2 mile from home before the car lost all power. So turned around and came back home. Once home I noticed petrol pouring out of the pipe onto the ground. When carbs checked, the n/s one was found to be flooding! Apologies, but for the life of me I cannot remember what the pipe is called that goes from the carb and takes excess fuel from carbs to the ground!
All this work was first done in October 2009 by same mechanic and again in 2010 by a company called "Tune-Up" based in the Brighton area. Now just 2 years later, the same thing again!
What is going on??
Also, when my car was in his workshop recently, he replaced the old Facet fuel pump with a new SU Electric fuel pump with 12v polarity/AZX 1307 and removed the fuel regulator as the new pump regulates itself. Could this new pump have a bearing on this flooding within the o/s carb?
Help please
Paul